22
Nov
2010
NFL Network to broadcast game with NO announcers … Hallelujah!
By ArtieFufkin
Just imagine ... a whole game without these two blathering on endlessly (Image via CoedMagazine)
This is a potential game-changer, folks. For those of us out there who have to turn down the sound on NFL television broadcasts so we can actually enjoy the game, there may be a brighter future ahead.
The Houston Chronicle reports that the NFL Network is going to re-broadcast the Jets/Bengals Thanksgiving Day game this Saturday without any announcers! Instead, the NFL Films crew will mic up a whole bunch of players and coaches, and let their words tell the story of the game. Think about that for a second. A FULL game of NFL Films Sound FX footage! Not highlights … a full game! No Tony Siragusa. No Cris Collinsworth. No asinine, non-stop commentary that slowly grates on your nerves like Chinese water torture. Just the natural sounds of the game.
Seriously, this might be the best idea in the history of sports broadcasting:
“We’ve got 15 players and coaches miked during the game, including both coaches and all the coordinators and quarterbacks and middle linebackers,” NFL Films president Steve Sabol said. “We’ll have 60 people shooting the game, which is more than we use for a Super Bowl, and then we’ll turn it around in 48 hours and show it to you through the eyes of the players. It’s something you won’t see anywhere else.” …
Granted, there’s probably no way to ever do this for a live broadcast – simply because of the on-field language and potential for confidential team info getting out to the rest of the league. But this type of footage will give football fans an insight into the game that we’ve never had before … even if it comes a couple of days after the fact.
And again, thank GOD for the NFL Network. Let’s just hope this will be the first of many game broadcasts like this.
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It’s been tried before in the 80′s with a llive Jets game. It was an unsuccessful bore. But with NFL films, this might be interesting.
That’s true Matt, but they didn’t have any players or coaches mic’d up back then … it was just crowd noise. This will be completely different.
I think this article might be incorrect. According to the guide, there is a broadcast of the Bengals at Jets on the NFL Network on Saturday, but it’s only an hour long (Sound FX).